I am an American wanting to move to Australia permanetly. when you suggest a place can you please tell me what the weather is like there? and the monthly rent on average? how much is there to do there? are there a lot of jobs available there? whats the general cost of living in that area for a single female? (ex: food cost, gas prices, ect) thank you so much!
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You should move to either Sydney or Melbourne. Those are the only decent cities in Australia. Whatever you do, don't move to Canberra. It is extremely boring and filled with dull politicians. Weather is hot in summer and cold in winter. Shocking, I know. Doesn't snow though, that's different to America. How much is there to do there? Not entirely sure what you mean, but it depends on where you live. Don't think there's many jobs anywhere at all at the moment, but you can always try. The cost of living will change wherever you decide to live. Live in a shit place, it won't cost much, live in a nice place, pay more. Australia is supposed to be fairly similar to America, so you'll be fine.
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Ohh great! Australia is wonderful. I reccommend Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast if you like big cities with a lot to do. Sydney is the most populated city in Australia (even though Melbourne is catching up), the weather is quite hot in summer (at the hottest it can be in the 40's celsius) and nice and cool in winter, although snow is rare it is still nice and cool. I guarantee there is always something interesting to do in Sydney. Have you ever heard of the TV show Bondi Rescue? Or Bondi Beach? Bondi Beach is a massive tourist attraction which is not too far away. In summer there's about 40,000 people there. So if you've got your eye on Sydney, Bondi Beach is a necessity. Most of the information you need can be found here: http://www.visitnsw.com/Sydney_p934.aspx Melbourne is growing very quickly, it is fairly expensive to live (especially if you're living in Melbourne CBD or Docklands, etc. It is cheaper to live outside of the city area. The night life in Melbourne is great, and the shopping there is the best I've ever experienced. Trust me, the shopping is amazing. Melbourne is very cold in winter, and rainy. But in summer it is very warm and humid. http://www.visitmelbourne.com/ Brisbane is a lot like Melbourne, but it is great warm weather all year round. http://www.visitbrisbane.com.au/ And the Gold Coast, is tourists tourists tourists! There are some of the best theme parks up there. The Gold Coast is possibly my favourite place in Australia. Very relaxed, sunny, the best beaches, very clean and fresh.
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Not Canberra.
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NOT Melbourne...only SOME parts of Melbourne are good, like St. Kilda and Albert Park, and CBD. The good parts of Melbourne are just the CBD and only SOME decent neighborhoods. All the other parts are S H I T H O L E. NOT Sydney either b/c of extreme cost of living and crime. If I were you, I would only consider either Brisbane or Gold Coast. But on the other hand, why move to Australia? Housing costs have skyrocketed over the last few years, where the avg is around $400k to 500k or more, which is about 2 to 3 times that of US! And also note that property values in Aus is becoming even more expensive than Europe!(e.g. UK) A one bed room apartment in a Melbourne suburb costs about $360~380k!! This was where I had my rent, which was about $295 per week, but now it's around $320/wk..SO CRAZY! Influx of excess immigrants is pushing all the costs up unfortunately, and part of the reason is that Aus isn't affected by the global crisis as much. And believe it or not, as a person who had lived in the US for more than 5 years, life in Australia really sucks compared to the States. Crappy shopping, people are more disorganized in general, not a lot of opportunities, lack of a lot of amenities that you take granted for in the US, etc..
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Move to Sydney rather than Melbourne in my opinion. I lived in Melbourne for 25 years and it gets boring and the weather is overcast 9 months of the year. Sydney is more expensive rent wise because more people want to live here (It varies in different areas, close to beach or harbour it will be more expensive say $400p/w for 1 bed look at www.realestate.com.au for an idea. It's a lot more lively in Sydney and the weather is subtropical and theres heaps to do: check out: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/03/06/24hours.sydney/index.html 1 litre of petrol is around AU$1.10 to AU$1.30. You will have to do conversions of $A/$US and Litre/Gallon to get an idea. Food is probably around the same price as the US, maybe a bit more expensive (If you are eating out it is not expected of you to tip in Australia and you don't get as bigger serve as you do in the USA in my
experience).
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